Beet-harvester.



H. B. SCHRADBR.

BEB'T HARVESTER. APPLICATON FILED JULY s, 191s.

1,115,250., A y Patented 0015.271914.'

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ATTORNEYS H. B. SGHRADER. I 'BERT HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1913. L l 1 5y@ A Patented 0015,27, 1914.

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l citizen of the United States,

substantially in p rrn strauss HARRY B. serments, or srnntnve, n. intensi.,

COLGRAIDO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 OF STERLNG, CGLORADU.

erinnerten BEET-HARVESTER.

vilgiiaieso.

f Application led July 9, 1MB.

ll'fatent Serial No. $73,673.

concern:

l, HARRY B. SoiiRADnn, a and a resident of Sterling, in the county of Logan and State of Colorado,have invented a new and Improved Beet-Harvester, of Which the folloWingis a full, clear, and exact rdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in beet harvesters and has reference more particularly to a harvester provided With a beet-top cutting mechanism.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive beet harvester, strong in construction, having an adjustable top-cutting mechanism. l

' y The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

T0 all-'whom t may Be it known 'that Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming; a part of this speciication, in which like characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which: Figure l is a longitudinal section of an embodiment of my invention on line l-1, Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the licor structure partly broken away to show details or' construction; Fig. 3 is line 3-3,

' an enlarged horizontal section on 4l is a vertical section on Fig. l; and Fig. -line 4:-4, Fig. 3.

Referringl to the drawings, 7 represents the frame oi' the harvester, preferalily rectangular in shape, the under surface of thelonger sides oit the frame being provided with brackets '8 which carry bearings 9 in which is joui-nailed an axle l() to the ends of which are rigidly secured wheels ll, which are external to the frame. Rigidly secured to the axle l0 is a beveled gear 'l2 lying the longitudinal central plane of the frame. llleshing 'with this beveled gear is a beveled pinion 13 carried by the shaft ll bearing in a bracket l5, which bracket isprovided 'with a transverse mem ber 1G extending transversely of the iframe 7 and resting on the ln'ickets 8 to which this member is rigidly f# and of the shaft ll not provi( f" ",i lon carries a universal joint l voici `ioint is seend of which is cured a rod 18 the i connected by ymeans f.; universal )oint 19 u' 4:). This shaft to a stud shattl20 teas.. ...23.

`by means of l is journaled Lin an arm 2l, the biturcated end ot' which is adapted to swing on the axle l0. Stop rings are provided on the axle adjacent the ends of the bifurcation of the arm 21 to prevent side movement of the same on the axle. This arm 21, which lies substantially in the longitudinal central plane of the frame Y, maintains the shaft 2O substantially in the same plane.

Rigidlysecured to the stub shaft 20 is a horizontal 'four-arm cutter 22 the under sur face of which is centrally provided With a recess 23. Fitting into this recess is a projection 24 provided on the bottom of the guide 25. The recess 23 of the cutter receives balls, so that the cutter is bearing on the projection 24 of the guide. The front of the guide 25 is provided with a V-shaped cut-out 26 which guides the leaves of the beets to the cutter. The guide is also provided With a trough 2'( through Whichthe leaves cut by the cutter 22` are discharged to one sideot' the harvester. rlhis guide 25 is suspended Jfrom the frame '7 of the harvester by means of a rod 28, the bifurcated end ol which is secured to the guide, the opposite end being' engaged pivotally to an arm 29 rigidly secured to a rod 30 disposed transversely of and on the frame 7. A controlling lever is rigidly secured to said rod 30. A toothed sector 32 is secured tothe frame 7, preferably forming part olf the bearing in which the rod 3() journals and which sector cooperates with the lever 3l. vliich the guide 253 can be raised or lowered with respect 'to tl'ic trame. To permit the ,guide 25 to move substantially horizontally When operated by the lever 3l, the arm 2l is 'formed of two parts ,iivotally connected, the pivot being placed adjacent the end Where the stub shaft 20 Iioiu'nals.

"llho 'frame 7 is provided with a door 78 on which a spring seat 74- 'for the driver mounted and from which seat he 'can operate all parts oil the harvester mechanism. The frame 7 is-also provided with a tongue 75 to which can be attached a tractor or horses, as desired, and by means of which the harvester is propelled.

'The top-cutting mecianisni, Wliicl'i is adjustable by inea of the lever El, becomes operative whoL the lia .ster isv propelled. The rotation et the vn els 'll causes the beveled gears l2 and rotate, whereby i the cutter 2 is rotated on the support 25.

By means of the lever 31 the support 25 with the cutter thereon can be raised or 'lowered relatively to the frame 7 of the harvester and thus the cutting of the tops of the beets is adjusted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a beet harvester, a revoluble cutter; a support for said lbutter, on which the same is adapted to revolve and which support constitutes a guide for beet leaves to and from said eutterymeans pivotally suspending said support from the frame of the harvester; means for raising and lowering said support in a substantially vertical position, Vwhereby said support is adjusted vertically with reference to said frame; an arm from the axle to the cutter, said arm beinghinged on the aXle and having a hinged portion adjacent the cutter whereby said cutter is free to move with said support when the same is moved vertically with reference to the frame; and means for transmitting the rotary movement of the axle to the cutter.

2. In a beet harvester, a top-cutting mechanism comprising a revoluble cutter; a supis propelled.

port carrying Said cutter, said support having a V-shaped cut-out at the front thereof for guiding the beet leaves to said cutter', said support having side walls forming a trough for directing the leaves cut by the cutter to the side of said support; and means for raising and lowering said support.

3. In a beet harvester, a top-cutting mechanism compri-sing a support having a projection, a cutter mounted on said support, said cutter having a recess engaging the projection whereby said cutter is prevented from lateral displacement on said support,

Said support having a V-shaped cut-out at the front thereof for guiding the beet leaves to the cutter, and side walls forming a trough to guide the leaves from the cutter to the side of said support; means for raising and lowering said support; and means for rotating said cutter when the harvester In testimony whereof name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY B. SCHRADER.

Witnesses:

C. D. KRAKEL, F. J. HENDERSON.

I havesigned my 

